title: Fusion of visual and infrared thermography images for advanced assessment in non-destructive testing.
abstract: For better evaluation of infrared measurements in non-destructive testing, especially for objects with complex geometry or small dimensions, it is beneficial to combine with the same viewing angle an image of a camera in the visible range with the image of an infrared camera. In the hybrid camera developed by us, a beam splitter is used which combines the visible and the infrared wavelength regions under the same viewing angle to form a hybrid image. The applications of this new technique range from the localization and the verification of false indications in non-destructive testing applications to the retrieval of 3D surface information with a hybrid picture as texture with defect indications and the filtering of laser markings displayed in the IR image to area and process monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Siemens AG, Corporate Research and Technologies, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81739 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eisler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldammer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rothenfusser
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Arnold